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Jörg Haider
2008Oct, 11

Jörg Haider

Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
Jörg Haider (German: [ˈjœʁk ˈhaɪdɐ] (listen); 26 January 1950 – 11 October 2008) was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and later Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ), a breakaway party from the FPÖ.Haider was a controversial figure within Austria and abroad. Several countries imposed mild diplomatic sanctions against his party's participation in government alongside Wolfgang Schüssel's Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), starting from 2000.

Haider died in a car accident shortly after leading the BZÖ in the 2008 Austrian Parliamentary elections.

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